US Patent Issued to Leigh Aerosystems on May 20 for "Hybrid aircraft and landing launch/recovery system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,624, issued on May 20, was assigned to Leigh Aerosystems Corp. (Vista, Calif.).

"Hybrid aircraft and landing launch/recovery system" was invented by Gordon L. Harris (Vista, Calif.) and Stephen L. Harris (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft includes a fuselage extending along a first x-axis and a wing assembly including a first wing an a second wing. A first power assembly of the aircraft includes a first propulsion element and a first electric motor while a second power assembly includes a second propulsion element and a second electric motor. The aircraft further includes a third power assembly positioned aft o...